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How to Get the Daylight and Ventilation Right in Your Extension
Planning an extension to your home? Find out how to factor fresh air and natural light into your designs
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Building an extension can transform your home for the better. On the ground floor, extending to the side or rear straight out into the garden to create a cooking and living space is a tried and trusted improvement. It of course creates more space, but a larger footprint is only one part of the equation. A successful extension has ample natural light and fresh air, too, making it a pleasure to be in. Discover how specialist roof windows by VELUX, designed precisely for extensions, help you get the daylight levels, ventilation and indoor climate right.
Let light in from above
Ground floor extensions typically house a kitchen-dining and living area, and when designed well, often become the hub of the home. Getting the daylight and indoor climate right in this busy space is vital and will influence how enjoyable it is to use. A kitchen and living area bathed in natural light is somewhere you naturally want to spend your time in, and where you’ll love to cook, socialise and relax.
When extending, you push the source of natural light that comes in via typical facade windows further away, and this can leave the space further back feeling gloomy. To pull daylight further into the extension and allow it to penetrate more deeply into your home, roof windows that let light in from above are essential. They can bring in twice as much natural light as a vertical window, provide ventilation and boost the sense of space. The window specialists at VELUX recommend that the glazed areas fitted above represent 20% of the total floor area below.
Ground floor extensions typically house a kitchen-dining and living area, and when designed well, often become the hub of the home. Getting the daylight and indoor climate right in this busy space is vital and will influence how enjoyable it is to use. A kitchen and living area bathed in natural light is somewhere you naturally want to spend your time in, and where you’ll love to cook, socialise and relax.
When extending, you push the source of natural light that comes in via typical facade windows further away, and this can leave the space further back feeling gloomy. To pull daylight further into the extension and allow it to penetrate more deeply into your home, roof windows that let light in from above are essential. They can bring in twice as much natural light as a vertical window, provide ventilation and boost the sense of space. The window specialists at VELUX recommend that the glazed areas fitted above represent 20% of the total floor area below.
Seek out specialist windows
Fitting roof windows into an extension makes the space so much brighter, by allowing daylight to reach deeper into your home, but the roof on an extension is often pitched at a more gentle angle than the main roof above the top floor. With this in mind, VELUX has designed a low pitch roof window, specifically created for UK extensions that typically have roofs with a low pitch of between 10 and 20 degrees. It comes in many different sizes and can be upgraded from manual operation to solar powered, as you wish.
Fitting roof windows into an extension makes the space so much brighter, by allowing daylight to reach deeper into your home, but the roof on an extension is often pitched at a more gentle angle than the main roof above the top floor. With this in mind, VELUX has designed a low pitch roof window, specifically created for UK extensions that typically have roofs with a low pitch of between 10 and 20 degrees. It comes in many different sizes and can be upgraded from manual operation to solar powered, as you wish.
Consider ventilation
Cooking and preparing food tends to generate smells, humidity and fine particles. The best way to clear the kitchen in your extension of these is with efficient ventilation, which a roof window can readily provide. VELUX solar and electric roof windows are perfect for airing your kitchen, allowing aromas and particles to escape outside while moving fresh air in.
Cooking and preparing food tends to generate smells, humidity and fine particles. The best way to clear the kitchen in your extension of these is with efficient ventilation, which a roof window can readily provide. VELUX solar and electric roof windows are perfect for airing your kitchen, allowing aromas and particles to escape outside while moving fresh air in.
Reach out for tailored advice
To bring your ideas to life and ensure your extension is bathed in natural light and perfectly ventilated, speak to a specialist. VELUX Design Service provides expert advice and the perfect roof window spec.
A VELUX Design Advisor will guide you from first inspiration to final installation, explaining all the possibilities for introducing daylight through your roof. They can refine your project plans through a series of virtual meetings and visual renders, too, so you can see how different VELUX roof window configurations could look in your home and how the daylight will change throughout the day. You will have the chance to learn about the finishes and features of the VELUX roof window range, and which products lend themselves to your lifestyle. Last but not least, trusted VELUX Certified Installers are available to help make your vision a beautiful reality.
Discover more insights into daylight and indoor climate for extensions on the VELUX website.
Tell us…
Planning an extension? How might you incorporate roof windows into it? Share your ideas in the Comments.
To bring your ideas to life and ensure your extension is bathed in natural light and perfectly ventilated, speak to a specialist. VELUX Design Service provides expert advice and the perfect roof window spec.
A VELUX Design Advisor will guide you from first inspiration to final installation, explaining all the possibilities for introducing daylight through your roof. They can refine your project plans through a series of virtual meetings and visual renders, too, so you can see how different VELUX roof window configurations could look in your home and how the daylight will change throughout the day. You will have the chance to learn about the finishes and features of the VELUX roof window range, and which products lend themselves to your lifestyle. Last but not least, trusted VELUX Certified Installers are available to help make your vision a beautiful reality.
Discover more insights into daylight and indoor climate for extensions on the VELUX website.
Tell us…
Planning an extension? How might you incorporate roof windows into it? Share your ideas in the Comments.
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